The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-27

play Dali for montDe.s
The New York Club will play Id
first game April LIST.
Ramsey will be a very effectivt
pitcher under the new rules.
Now spproacheth the time when re.
leases are more frequent than engage
ments.
Savannah tried to gst third base.
man Raymond, Of the Los Angeles
CAL, team.
Some OF the bows think Shea 9
"dead ringer" for Curt WEIGH, Of the
st. Louis Browns.
Pitcher Hudson ia said to have
fallen heir to $4,000 through the re-
cent death OF his father.
The waist high ball 10 the one tha
many OF the players are afraid will
bother them the most.
Rittenho1se, pitcher OF the New Or
leans team, arrived Friday. He i:
considered great one.
Eddie Kent, formerly OF Chatta.
noogs, will probably play for Atlanta
representative amateur team.
Barney says he will place Chrit
Fulmer's name on the black list Il he
does not sign contract by April L.
Tony Mullane, hiss made q "find'
in the way OF new player, who he
thinks will make a lightning base
runner.
Jerry Denny aud Patsy Cahill con.
Time to hit the ball hard and field in
their old style form out Ia the Golden
Safe.
When Larkin heard OF Roseman
signing with the Athletics it did not
take him long to make up his mind to
sign with them.
Arthur Irwin says that Philadel.
phians sigh for the first IN setting be.
tween their club and the Bostons WITH
their $40. 900 man.
Buffalo has filed It's hole at third
b2so with J. L. Roschie, OF Meadville,
Pa, said to be coming wonder, esps-
cislly in the batting line.
Capt. Comiskey's hair has com.
menced to turn gray. Charley will be
white hesdei before fall If the Browns
happen to strike a bad s'reak.
The members Of the BROOKLYN base.
bal team talk about running ten miles
each day and putting in three or four
hours work in a gymnasium.
Twitchell will rest on his oars until
the season opens and take no chances
of getting his ann famed up, as it ia in
prime condition at present.
"Lsdy" Baldwin and Bennett, the
King "B" battery of the Detroits, will
not play much on the trip. They are
being reserved for bigger game.
The Chicago Baseball Club has lust
tigned Jacob Schebz. late OF the Long
Island (Sters) Cub. He will be q
change pitcher, and is q great base
runner.
Jim Wolf, Browning, Ramsey, Ker-
ms and Hecker each have bsen hon
ored IN having new brands OF cigars
named after them. They sell like hot
cakes.
Mobile has started into the releas-
ing business In good earnest, III. q.
Elem, Ii. v. Howard, @. M. Bess and
J. Long having been dropped in q
bunch. ..-if
Five Conways are playing PROBES.
sionally this season. Detroit, Boston,
Eau Claire, st. Joseph and Topek each
have q member OF the family under
contract.
Boston wanted Olarkson and offered
$4,000 for him. But Chicago asked
$40, 900 for him. That Kelly deal has
enlarged the financial ideas OF the
Windy City immensely.
Q. F. Mathison Of tina Free Press, aud
f. W. Baker, Of the Eusning Journal,
accompany the Dstroits on their trip.
b Ith are clever journalists and we'll
posted in all sporting matters.
Richardson, the $4,000 prize player
OF thu DetroitS, will not play ball tor
some time to come. He was cutting
the Irvine of bat Thursday and acct
dentally ran the knife into his thumb,
inflicIing deep wound.
The B;owns will again win the
championship this season; Brooklyn
will take second place, Cincinnati
third, Louisville fourth, Baltimore
fifth, Nets sixth, Athletics seventh
and Cleveland eighth.
Frank Leland, one Of the leading
cllored bsseballiss Of this city, having
been signed by the Capital City Club,
Washington, left Friday night for
that place. He will play canter field,
where he is said to be "ose of the
faest."
Tho colored people Of this city who
palronzo baseball will this season lose
three OF their best player1, viz: VIM.
Rsnfroe, thegreat pitcher, Harden and
Joyner. These three players will
sign with the Nsw York CLUB aud play
in that city this season.
Van Haltren, the great California
phenomenal pitcher, lately signed by
the Pttsburg Cub, tried the new
rules few days SIEGE against an am
ateur club with disastrous results, as
be was hit for thirteen bases, with a
tot5l Of nineteen,
The Athletics, OF Philadelphia, may
yet get CoTkhill, as he has decided to
retire from the base ball arena in pref
erence to playing in Cincinnati, and
II 10 thought that the Cincinnati man.
sgement will sell in pref rencs to
meeting with dead loss.
In filling their schedule Of games
this year the Lsegue clubs will travel
n Ala miles, divided as follows: Bos.
ton, 1881; New York, 90S0; Indian
apollo, zoos; Philadelphia, 1904; De-
troit, 10 900; Washington, 9573; Chi
cago, 00lS; Pittaburg, 10000.
The Detroit people are counting on
their representative team winning the
League pennsnt this season without
much difficulty, aud the general i'm.
preston is that they sre fighting on
pretty safe basis, al they have about
the strongest team in the League.
Browning is no. practicing regularly
with the Louisville players, and is
waiting for April lst, when the men
are all to be placed under the iron
rule OF Mausger Kelly. Pete says 1t
will taks him but TIRES days to get in
the proper trim. He is in the best OF
health